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  • Title: Alexander Liosnoff papers
    Date (inclusive): 1935-2005
    Collection Number: 2005C19
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 44 manuscript boxes, 7 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder (17.9 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: The papers contain information on the Shanghai American School Association, American psychological warfare activities during the Korean War, and the post-World War II American civil administration of the Ryukyu Islands, based in Okinawa, including reversion to Japan in 1972. The materials were generally kept in the original order and arrangement of the creator.
    Creator: Liosnoff, Alexander, 1920-
    Creator: Ryukyu Islands (United States Civil Administration, 1945-1972)
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2005.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Alexander Liosnoff papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    1920, May 7 Born, Harbin, Manchuria
    1938 Graduated, Shanghai American School
    1941 Graduated, University of Missouri School of Journalism
    1941-1943 Radio news reporter and editor, KMOX-CBS St. Louis, Missouri
    1943-1946 Drafted; Served in the U.S. Army in World War II
    1946-1950 Radio news reporter and editor, KLX-Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, and KGO-ABC, San Francisco, California
    1950-1951 Recalled to serve in the Korean War, GHQ Far East Command, duty with Psychological Warfare Branch G2 and Radio Pusan
    1951-1957 United States Army Seventh Psychological Operations Group and First Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet Group
    1957-1971 Chief, Information Division, Public Affairs Department, U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa
    1971-1972 Director, Public Affairs Department, U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa
    1972-1985 Consultant in public affairs, Bank of America Communications Department, San Francisco
    1985 Retired
    1989-1991 First president, Shanghai American School Association
    1989-1998 Newsletter editor, Shanghai American School Association

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Acquired in 2005, the Alexander Liosnoff Papers contain information about the Shanghai American School Association, American psychological warfare activities during the Korean War, and the post-World War II American civil administration of Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands, including reversion to Japan in 1972. Materials were kept in the original order and arrangement of the creator.
    The Korea Files document the Army's Psychological Operations, focusing on radio broadcasting to South and North Korea via Radio Pusan. Documents collected include information gathered in both Korea and Tokyo on psychological warfare, the management of prisoners of war, and propaganda leaflets. Oversize Materials contains a photograph album about Korea.
    The Okinawa Files (U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands) include correspondence, reports, memoranda, press releases, press summaries, radio broadcast scripts, studies, reports, newsletters, clippings, printed materials, and photographs, documenting the administration and local relationships of the public affairs staff of the U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyus from 1957 to the reversion of the territory to Japan in 1972. Oversize Materials include photographs and photograph albums documenting Okinawa. Printed Matter contains numerous secondary sources on Okinawa.
    Shanghai American School Association (SASA) Records are comprised of materials documenting the activities of Shanghai American School (SAS) alumni. Liosnoff served as the founding president and newsletter editor from 1989-1998. Documents include information about the executive board, correspondence, newsletters, and annual reunions. Oversize Material includes a photograph album of SASA activities, while Printed Matter contains published works of former SAS students.
    The Oral History Materials series includes an audio tape and transcript of an oral history interview with Alexander Liosnoff. Conducted by Brad Bauer, Associate Archivist for Collection Development at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2005, the interview connects the materials in the collections with the events in Liosnoff's life.

    Arrangement

    Organized into six series: Oral History Materials, Shanghai American School Association Records, Korea Files, Okinawa Files (U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands), Oversize Materials, and Printed Matter.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Americans -- China
    Prisoners of war
    Shanghai (China)
    Education -- China
    Okinawa Island (Japan)
    Radio broadcasting -- Korea (North)
    Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Propaganda
    Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Psychological aspects
    Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Prisoners and prisons
    Ryukyu Islands -- History -- 1945-1972
    Propaganda, American -- Korea (North)
    United States. Army
    Shanghai American School
    Shanghai American School Association